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yesterday we heard president obama defend the fbi's investigation into tamerlan tsarnaev in 2011. he said it is not as if the fbi did nothing. how do you respond to that? >> i think the president tried. now look, zoraida, we may find some things that could have been done better, should have been done better. but on the face of it, i'm not prepared to conclude right now that anyone did anything wrong. look. these are very difficult problems, and something i said more than ten years ago, even if our security services, and intelligence services are at the top of their game, that doesn't mean that bad things won't happen. this is a very hard problem for us. >> i suppose there's an issue of between whether something was done wrong, or whether more could have been done. senator lindsey graham, who has been extremely vocal about this, tweeted out yesterday after the president's speech, he said if boston is not an example of pre-9/11 stovepiping mentality, what would be? stovepiping, of course, not sharing information between agencies. what do you make of his response? >> no, no. i unders
yesterday we heard president obama defend the fbi's investigation into tamerlan tsarnaev in 2011. he said it is not as if the fbi did nothing. how do you respond to that? >> i think the president tried. now look, zoraida, we may find some things that could have been done better, should have been done better. but on the face of it, i'm not prepared to conclude right now that anyone did anything wrong. look. these are very difficult problems, and something i said more than ten years ago,...
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but there's frankly a more recent lesson during the obama administration of abu mu tal an the underwear bomber. remember there was lead information there inside the system at the state department and at the cia and that didn't get shared. even in the current administration we've seen, you know, an instance where this sort of counter -- important counterterrorism information is not adequately shared or followed up. >> important context there. fran townsend, thanks so much. let me ask you to give context on one other thing we are hearing in these reports. we heard sound from the uncle to the tsarnaev brothers, one of the uncles who brings up the possible of a character, a man named misha who may have influenced tamerlan, may have been a mentor to him somehow dealing with muslim issues right now. put this in context. is this something that authorities will follow up on? are you hearing that this is something they're concerned about? or is this something that may or may not be that reliable? >> well, there's no question that federal authorities will follow up. they will try to individual mi
but there's frankly a more recent lesson during the obama administration of abu mu tal an the underwear bomber. remember there was lead information there inside the system at the state department and at the cia and that didn't get shared. even in the current administration we've seen, you know, an instance where this sort of counter -- important counterterrorism information is not adequately shared or followed up. >> important context there. fran townsend, thanks so much. let me ask you...
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on thursday the obamas head to baylor university in waco, texas. services will be there for victims of that massive fertilizer plant explosion in the nearby town of west, texas. 14 people were killed. the first couple attended services last week for boston bombing victims. >>> the flight delays you were so worried about that we warned you about, they're happening. up to 90 minutes. and even longer if the weather is bad. thousands of air traffic controllers are getting furloughed because of forced budget cuts in washington. passengers are feeling it. >> well we had to wait 30 minutes because there was a backlog for departure. but they didn't really say anything else. they just said because of that it's now delays. how many planes can take off at what time. so, maybe i guess it's going to have the impact. >> "the new york times" says us airways, jetblue and delta canceled some flights because of those forced spending cuts. "minding your business" this morning stock futures have turned positive thanks to optimism about the tech sector. dow futures are
on thursday the obamas head to baylor university in waco, texas. services will be there for victims of that massive fertilizer plant explosion in the nearby town of west, texas. 14 people were killed. the first couple attended services last week for boston bombing victims. >>> the flight delays you were so worried about that we warned you about, they're happening. up to 90 minutes. and even longer if the weather is bad. thousands of air traffic controllers are getting furloughed...
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to try to fin out who tried to poison president obama. the home of a former republican for mississippi statehouse is involved in a federal investigation over who sent letters tainted with ricin to president obama, a mississippi senator and a county judge. federal agents in full body hazmat suits searched his home on tuesday. his attorney said it was related to the ricin investigation. in a youtube video posted this week, the former candidate, jay everett dusky, talked about the search. >> i said go ahead and search the house. >> agents spent several hours searching a tae kwon do studio he rented until january. not known if anything found. the studio shut down after he was arrested on child molestation charges. his attorney says he is now free on bone. the fbi has not filed any new charges in the ricin investigation and dut.schke is being searched. >> paul kevin curtis, during the pretrial hearing, his attorney accused me of being the one that sent out the ricin letters instead of him. >> his attorney says deutschke had nothing to do with
to try to fin out who tried to poison president obama. the home of a former republican for mississippi statehouse is involved in a federal investigation over who sent letters tainted with ricin to president obama, a mississippi senator and a county judge. federal agents in full body hazmat suits searched his home on tuesday. his attorney said it was related to the ricin investigation. in a youtube video posted this week, the former candidate, jay everett dusky, talked about the search. >>...
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. >> reporter: day four, president obama comes to boston and speaks at an interfaith service telling boston the country stands with it. >> the world will return to this great american city to run harder than ever and to cheer even louder for the 118th boston marathon. bet on it. >> reporter: later that day, a break in the case. the fbi releases photos and surveillance videos of these two men walking with backpacks. at 10:48 p.m., gunshots are heard on the campus of m.i.t.. reports come in that officer sean collier was killed. soon after, into men car jack a may mercedes leading police on a chase culminating with a shoot-out in watertown where one suspect revealed to be tamerlan tsarnaev was killed. dave 2:40 a.m., a robo call sent to watertown residents. >> advising all watertown residents to remain in their homes. >> reporter: 4:22 a.m., a suspect on the run. >> we believe this to be a terrorist. we believe this to be a man who has come here to kill people. we need to get him in custody. >> reporter: by 8:00 a.m. friday, all of boston and surrounding areas shut down assen aas unprec
. >> reporter: day four, president obama comes to boston and speaks at an interfaith service telling boston the country stands with it. >> the world will return to this great american city to run harder than ever and to cheer even louder for the 118th boston marathon. bet on it. >> reporter: later that day, a break in the case. the fbi releases photos and surveillance videos of these two men walking with backpacks. at 10:48 p.m., gunshots are heard on the campus of m.i.t.....
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the question is, has president obama's red line been crossed? what to do about it. and can anything be done? >> reporter: march 19th, aleppo, syria. there is talk civilians here have been attacked with chemical weapons but no confirmation. now, suddenly, defense secretary chuck hagel traveling in the middle east? >> the u.s. intelligence community assesses with some degree of varying confidence that the syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in syria, specifically the chemical agent sarin. >> reporter: the white house sent letters to congress responding to questions about chemical weapons used and calling for a u.n. investigation. after the debacle over iraqi weapons, hagel says the u.s. needs to confirm exactly what happened. >> we need all the facts. we need all the information. >> reporter: senator john mccain told cnn's jake tapper it's not the response he wants. >> disappointment but not surprise. the president has not wanted to engage in syria in any way, any meaningful way for a couple of years. >> reporter: mccain wants a no-fly zone, weapo
the question is, has president obama's red line been crossed? what to do about it. and can anything be done? >> reporter: march 19th, aleppo, syria. there is talk civilians here have been attacked with chemical weapons but no confirmation. now, suddenly, defense secretary chuck hagel traveling in the middle east? >> the u.s. intelligence community assesses with some degree of varying confidence that the syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in syria, specifically...
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again, president obama up to date overnight, and this morning on what's going on there in boston. in newtown. he will continue to monitor the events there. >> all right, thank you very much, brianna keilar at the white house for us this morning. again, president obama just here yesterday lifting the spirits of boston as part of that memorial service. very different morning as the manhunt for one of the suspects is very much under way. >> to bring you up to speed, there is a manhunt under way for one of the two suspects in the boston marathon terrorist attack. the first suspect was killed overnight in a shoot-out with police officers. it began on the campus of m.i.t. in cambridge, where a police officer has been killed, there was a carjacking and a chase ensued. one of the suspects, the one with the black hat, suspect number one, has been killed. suspect number two is on the loose in watertown, massachusetts. >> could be watertown. >> or the surrounding area. earlier john and i spoke to the doctor, and there also was a press conference at the hospital where suspect number one was t
again, president obama up to date overnight, and this morning on what's going on there in boston. in newtown. he will continue to monitor the events there. >> all right, thank you very much, brianna keilar at the white house for us this morning. again, president obama just here yesterday lifting the spirits of boston as part of that memorial service. very different morning as the manhunt for one of the suspects is very much under way. >> to bring you up to speed, there is a manhunt...
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this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> president obama is on the road this morning. he begins his day in mexico city where he'll meet with college students as well as mexican entrepreneurs. >> then it's off to costa rica for a meeting with central american leaders. cnn's brianna keilar is with the president in mexico city. good morning, brienne in >> good morning, john and christine. after landing in mexico yesterday, president obama met with the new president of mexico enrique pena nieto who took office in december. this was their second meeting. in a joint news conference, the two men emphasized economic ties between the u.s. and mexico. they promised cooperation on fighting drug related violence. even as penna nieto has made clear that he wants to usher in a new era of u.s. officials being more restricted in how they operate in exco. of course the debate in the u.s. of overhauling the immigration system is of so much importance to mexicans, also very important domestically to americans and president obama talked about that saying there's an economic imperative to
this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> president obama is on the road this morning. he begins his day in mexico city where he'll meet with college students as well as mexican entrepreneurs. >> then it's off to costa rica for a meeting with central american leaders. cnn's brianna keilar is with the president in mexico city. good morning, brienne in >> good morning, john and christine. after landing in mexico yesterday, president obama met with the new president of mexico...
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>> i think the obama administration can see the same trajectory of the conflict that the israelis see, inside of syria. you know, moving up the escalation chain, using scud missiles against his own population and increasingly accusations of chemical weapons. these are red lines for the united states. now the overall problem, though, are strategic weapons, chemical weapons, surface-to-surface missiles and so on, and their possible transfer to hezbollah, or those weapons falling into the hands of extremists among the opposition groups. so i think the united states will increasingly have to get involved. how to do so in a smart way. get out ahead of a policy that quite frankly the white house has been behind for a very long time. >> we've been airing some sounds from syria's deputy foreign minister faisal al mekdad who told fred pleitgen these are a declaration of war on their country and he says syria will retaliate. do you fear this will expand, turn into a regional war? that is what so many people in the neighborhood are so concerned about. >> well, syria certainly could. but it would
>> i think the obama administration can see the same trajectory of the conflict that the israelis see, inside of syria. you know, moving up the escalation chain, using scud missiles against his own population and increasingly accusations of chemical weapons. these are red lines for the united states. now the overall problem, though, are strategic weapons, chemical weapons, surface-to-surface missiles and so on, and their possible transfer to hezbollah, or those weapons falling into the...
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many of them are sort of neutral about president obama. they don't dislike him but they don't adore him. and so for each man there is a big reason to show that they are in good for the other guy, to get some credit here in israel. and so, yes, there is good reason for each to show that all those old wounds are well on their way toward healing. nobody here is going to pretent that they don't have troubles. but they are showing that they can get along. >> keep looking for those smiles. thanks to jessica yellin in tel aviv this morning. we will come back to you over the course of the morning. this went from what was going to be a symbolic visit to one where all of a sudden there are urgent matters to discuss with the specter of chemical weapons possibly being used in syria. we want to go to our senior international correspondent ivan watson in amman, jordan, this morning. and ivan, yesterday syrian state media claimed that opposition forces launched a chemical attack in aleppo province. killing at least two dozen people, injuring more than 10
many of them are sort of neutral about president obama. they don't dislike him but they don't adore him. and so for each man there is a big reason to show that they are in good for the other guy, to get some credit here in israel. and so, yes, there is good reason for each to show that all those old wounds are well on their way toward healing. nobody here is going to pretent that they don't have troubles. but they are showing that they can get along. >> keep looking for those smiles....
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. >>> new this morning, president obama is looking for a surgeon general because the current holder of the office, regina benjamin, announced she's stepping down from her post next month. benjamin has been surgeon general since 2009, a long time advocate for change in the system that foe you cans on wellness and prevention programs. >>> nascar driver jason leffler was killed in an accident at bridgeport speedway in new jersey. he was 37 years old. in a statement nascar extends its thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies to the family of jason leffler. who passed away earlier this evening. for more than a decade jason was a fierce competitor in our sport and he will be missed." >>> a jellyfish sting stopped mccardel from completing her 103-mile cuba to florida swim. it seems hard and dangerous. >> you think without a shark cage you think sharks are the biggest threat but it's jelly fish that are dangerous. >>> a three overtime thriller at the mad house in a stanley cup final battle for nearly five hours, tied 3-3 in overtime, so close at the end of the skekd overtime the bruins, look a
. >>> new this morning, president obama is looking for a surgeon general because the current holder of the office, regina benjamin, announced she's stepping down from her post next month. benjamin has been surgeon general since 2009, a long time advocate for change in the system that foe you cans on wellness and prevention programs. >>> nascar driver jason leffler was killed in an accident at bridgeport speedway in new jersey. he was 37 years old. in a statement nascar extends...
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obama will meet with netanyahu next week during his first visit to israel since becoming president. >> what we're going to be doing is continue to engage internationally with iran, understanding that we've set up the toughest sanctions ever. it's having a significant effect. if we can resolve it diplomatically, that's a more lasting solution. but if not, i continue to keep all options on the table. >> meantime the pentagon says an iranian fighter jet targeted an unarmed u.s. predator drone over the persian gulf this week. all right intense moments in a senate debate on a possible assault weapons ban. california senator dianne feinstein taking on texas republican ted cruz after she lectures her about the constitution. >> it seems to me that all of you should begin as our foundational document with the constitution. >> i'm not a sixth grader. senator i've been on this committee for 20 years. if you want to lecture me on the constitution, i appreciate it. just know i've been here for a long time. i come from a different place than you do. i respect your views. i ask you to respect my vie
obama will meet with netanyahu next week during his first visit to israel since becoming president. >> what we're going to be doing is continue to engage internationally with iran, understanding that we've set up the toughest sanctions ever. it's having a significant effect. if we can resolve it diplomatically, that's a more lasting solution. but if not, i continue to keep all options on the table. >> meantime the pentagon says an iranian fighter jet targeted an unarmed u.s....